Authors: Bartha Maria Knoppers
Publish Date: 2009/02/28
Volume: 125, Issue: 4, Pages: 375-379
Abstract
In the 20 years following the launching of the Human Genome Project socioethical and legal responses to the policy issues raised have varied across jurisdictions There seems however to be a move away from the more static classical responses that characterized the first decade to a more epigenetic and complex one The latter policy approach better reflects the dynamic nature of the science itselfProfessor Faculties of Law and Medicine Canada Research Chair in Law and Medicine Centre de Recherche en Droit Public Université de Montréal The author would like to thank Ma’n H AbdulRahman LLB for his kind assistance This research was funded in part by Genome Canada and Genome Quebec and through the European Community’s Seventh Framework Programme FP7/20072013 ENGAGE project grant agreement HEALTHF42007201413
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